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Union Academy: Sharing A Dream … Building A Future

Union Academy
Sharing A Dream … Building A Future
Press Release
August, 2010

Union Academy won the Association of School Business Official’s
International’s (ASBO) Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting
Program (COE) for excellence in the preparation and issuance of the fiscal
year end 2009 school year. This public charter school has provided a high-
quality Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the fiscal
year end 2009. This is the first time the school [...]

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New Dimensions 8-2010

New Dimensions

Courtesy of Andy Hearn

“Back to School Night”  Eddie Goodall, Cindy Bradshaw and Steve Moody,

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Cash for charters?

Many charters, like our district counterparts, are seeing their budgets stretched and deserve their share of the award,” said North Carolina Sen. Eddie Goodall, who also serves as president for the North Carolina Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Read more…

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Teachers Collect Big Bucks in Just 10 minutes for a Great Cause!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Leslie Kidder
Pine Lake Preparatory
704-237-5300 voice
704-237-5398 fax
lkidder@pinelakeprep.org
www.pinelakeprep.org

Headline: Teachers Collect Big Bucks in Just 10 minutes for a Great Cause!

Mooresville, N.C., August 23, 2010 –

Pine Lake Prep’s teachers are well known for quick thinking, camaraderie and
successful academic measures. Little did they know how well they would “score” last
week at their Back to School Orientation! Each year, the entire staff participates in team
building exercises. This year, [...]

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NC wins a piece of the prize

From the NC Alliance:

The NC Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a proponent of choice and competition in K-12 education, is happy to hear of our state’s selection to receive federal dollars for all our schools. With NC’s looming deficit and knowing our state’s taxpayers have to pay the federal taxes to fund Race to the Top spending, naturally we want our share of the $4.35 [...]

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Now I wonder what advice Ms. Pope will give the Governor

Lynn,

Now I wonder what advice Ms. Pope will give the Governor about public charter schools?

You know, those pesky little public schools providing a choice for parents who may have a child who better fits the charter’s culture or pedagogical structure than the district school around the corner. Those Main Street schools accountable to the state because if they don’t produce they close. Those “charter-like” schools [...]

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Charter School Awarded A+ Fit School Designation and Grant to Tackle Obesity

The Learning Center! Charter School is a proud recipient of both the “A+ Fit School” designation and a $7500 grant awarded by The North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF). The HWTF announced the award of eight Fit Community designations and seven A+ Fit School designations to North Carolina municipalities, nonprofit organizations and schools. These designations recognize the work that has been done to [...]

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With the snip of a ribbon, CSD opens new high school

With the snip of a ribbon, CSD opens new high school

Cutting the ribbon Thursday were, from left, Dominic Liburdi, board chair James Beam, Mayor John Woods, Marianne Coale, Leslie Tomko. (Community School of Davidson photo)

Community School of Davidson dedicated its new high school Thursday with a ceremony a newly renovated industrial plant at 404 Armour St.  More than 500 community members gathered for the event, following a sidewalk path of chalked stars or taking shuttle [...]

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Opening Session Video from 2010 Conference

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Find your State Board member and tell them that you want the charter cap removed!

  District State School Board  members are here  and your district is below.

First District:
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington

Second District:
Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, Wayne

Third District:
Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Northampton, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wilson

Fourth District:
Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland

Fifth [...]

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